Government

Clay Jackson in prison

Article Abstract:

California's highest paid lobbyist Clayton R. Jackson, who is serving a sentence of six years for racketeering, conspiracy and mail fraud, feels that he was wrongly convicted. According to him, the people who prosecuted and convicted him failed to understand the fundamentals of legislative politics and deal making. Jackson, who belonged to a modest background, reached the highest echelons of politics before he made his unceremonious exit. After his appeal for clemency was rejected, he came to terms with serving the remaining four years of his sentence.

Eduspeak

Article Abstract:

Public education is now foremost in the minds of California politicians, journalists and educators as alarms are raised over the poor test scores of the state's students. However, policy makers and educators in their debates are using jargon that could be unintelligble to the lay person and the journalists covering the beat. Thus, discipline in defining and using terms specific to the issue should be exercised to make the debate more enlightening to the populace.

The Clay Jackson interview

Article Abstract:

One of the most powerful lobbyist in California's political scene, Clay Jackson, believes that lobbyists have become the political scapegoat. Jackson categorically points out that, in the US, the environment required for legislation was corrupted long ago and it has been in a state of utter confusion since 1990. He is also totally critical of his prosecution and is without any self-recrimination or contrition about his folly that led to his arrest.